Ms. Ace and I have grown together as a couple.
First as poor students living out of instant noodles and cheap thrills. Later as first-time parents -still working and living like students.
Then as a stable couple with a kid in an environment almost hostile to stable heterosexual couples with children, where we were looked down as “bores” and “squares”.
Nothing further from the truth.
Ms. Ace and I have embarked in adventures that are so “out there” that even writing about them several years later is almost sinful.
We have made money, lost money, shagged others, used drugs, gotten drunk, run away from trouble, run into trouble, danced in music festivals for hours and hours on end, cooked for each other, enjoyed conversations, relaxed naked in Japanese onsens, travelled the world at large, climbed volcanos and pyramids, visited remote islands, enjoyed museums and music shows, watched countless movies from all imaginable genres, and made love to each other like there will be no tomorrow.
Our souls have seen a lot more than most people we know. But what we know we keep to ourselves.
But nothing lasts forever and we have seen each other get old. Tired. Cranky. Hormonal. Unaware that those little wrinkles and saggy parts are portents of things to come. Reminders that our time here is finite and ephemeral, and in a few decades nobody will really remember what we were.
But in my heart of hearts, she is still the one. And I am sure that I -with all my issues- I am still her light fantastic.